ROI | Return on Investment

Silicon Valley

trust

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

businessperson

economist

is, in the new economy, such that the return comes less from investment than it does from imagination.

What matters in the new economy is not return on investment, but return on imagination

is a meritocracy in which the best argument wins. It does not matter who you are or what title you have.

Gary Hamel wrote in Leading the Revolution that Silicon Valley is a natural place to seek inspiration. Silicon Valley is a meritocracy in which the best argument wins. It does not matter who you are or what title you have. Nobody in Silicon Valley could in his or her wildest dreams imagine that the next big thing will come from a Senior Vice President... it is far more likely to come from a newly hired 21-year-old. As we have seen, in this collaborative model the relevant adage is no longer 'Knowledge is power', but 'Knowledge sharing is power'.

is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy: We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns.

Trust is not simply a matter of truthfulness, or even constancy. It is also a matter of amity and goodwill. We trust those who have our best interests at heart, and mistrust those who seem deaf to our concerns. Gary Hamel

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